Capcom has finally confirmed persistent rumours that Okami is coming to Nintendo Wii, telling a London audience this week that the game will arrive on our screens in spring 2008. The game also lends itself rather well to the potential of Nintendo's Wiimote for control. Amaterasu's Celestial Brush - a paintbrush used in combat and for solving puzzles - is a perfect fit for the Wiimote, and so it proves, while combat will also include various "motion-controlled physical attacks".
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"In a listing for the upcoming Wii port of Okami on their company store, Capcom have posted a bunch of screenshots. These screens look 4:3. Ah, blessed optimism. A product update on the very same page now shows that the game's been confirmed to support 16:9, 480p widescreen."
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"One of 2006's best games is re-designed and enhanced for Wii. We dissect the process and explore the possibilities." (This article includes direct statements from Capcom as well.)
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In laying out its release lineup for the first half of the year in mid January, Nintendo gave the game's fervent following happy tidings, marking Okami for release on March 25. However, that reveal now appears to have been premature, as Capcom has today confirmed to GameSpot that Okami's prowl has been postponed three weeks to April 15.Capcom gave no explanation as to why the game was delayed.
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Age isn't kind to many games, but with the addition of motion controls for the celestial brush and support for widescreen and progressive scan displays, Okami has been updated enough to make it even more relevant today than it was in 2006.
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When Okami originally came out on the PS2, gamers and critics alike were impressed with its original visual style and story design. Now, two years later, the game debuts on the Wii and manages to not only recapture the magic and charm of the original but it surpasses it in many ways.
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"Now we're just a month away from Okami's release on Nintendo's console and the question remains, does it play and look as good or better than the PS2 original? We recently sunk upward of six hours into the Wii incarnation to find out and we have the answers in the paragraphs that follow."
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"Acclaimed Okami designer Hideki Kamiya has expressed frustration with publisher Capcom's decision to omit the original development team credits from the United States version of Ready At Dawn's Okami Wii port. "
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"All signs say Okami's port to the Nintendo Wii is ready to ship on its scheduled March 25 release date. The wait may be getting unbearable for fans, but according to Ready at Dawn who handled the port of Capcom's colorful classic which was originally developed by the now defunct Clover Studio, making the PS2 game run on the white hot console wasn't exactly easy."
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Capcom offers box art 'redemption' for Okami Wii. I'm not sure what the did wrong the first time, but the new art is nice.
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